Julien Blondel, spin-off of Shonen's Dark Souls game launches on August 27
Yen Press announced on Monday that it has licensed author Julien Blondel and artist Shonen's Dark Souls: Redemption, a manga spin-off from French publisher Mana Books, to FromSoftware's Dark Souls game and will release it in English. England on August 27.
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Yen Press describes the story:
Tenderened by a past long forgotten, determined to save what she once loved.
The fire was lit. A nameless woman wakes up. Awakened from her grave by a past she cannot recall, she sets out into a barren, unfamiliar landscape. The guard followed. Bound by oath and honor, he protects her from approaching dangers with the same brutality he does with the secrets of his past. The Gray Cinders gathered in their tower, called by the fire to fulfill their solemn duty. A giant, death incarnate, was stirring among the skeletons beneath the scarred ground. And a nightmare—a scourge of a bygone era—returns to wreak havoc. The fate of the land hangs in the balance as their journey unfolds in this original DARK SOULS story!
Mana Books released the original version in France on Thursday.
Yen Press released the novel Dark Souls: Masque of Vinmination in October 2022.
The original Dark Souls game launched in September 2011. The Dark Souls: Remastered game launched for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC in October 2018 in North America, Europe and Japan.
Bandai Namco Entertainment released Dark Souls III in Japan in March 2016, and the game launched in North America and Europe for PS4, Xbox One, and PC in April 2016.
Source: Press release
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